An argument 'against' biblical inspiration

[Klax (The only thing that matters is faith expressed in love.)]

@Cody_G

Here is the problem, mankind esteems his own wisdom and knowledge above God’s and because of that they reject Him and the salvation from sin that He offers in Christ. Mankind would rather hold fast to their own knowledge and wisdom rather than humble themselves and accept the knowledge and wisdom of God.

1 Cor 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

That’s your Biblicist problem, not mine. As the inappropriate Pauline proof text shows. God is bigger than that. Than our narrow, bitter, twisted, fearful, ignorant takes.

I would be more than happy to know that Paul encountered the risen Christ on the road to Damascus. It has the sublime audacious power of authenticity. I want it to be true. I want almighty God dying helplessly in empty, screaming humanity to be true. Christ crucified. Risen. For that means we are saved. From the meaningless suffering of this scintilla of existence.

Because of your misapplication of Paul to my and everyone else’s situation I started out dismissive of him here, but realised that I have no problem with where he was coming from at the time. I should be more sympathetic to where you are. Not agreeing with it at all, just empathetic. Putting myself in your place. Which I can try.

God, Love, in Christ is so much bigger, efficacious than even He imagined.

[SkovandOfMitaze (Mi)]

The entire Torah speaks repeatedly of a coming seed and messiah. It starts in the very first chapters. The apostles argued Jesus through the Torah.

[Klax (The only thing that matters is faith expressed in love.)]

@Dale

I have demonstrated otherwise, rationally.

What, you’ve demonstrated that I deny, refuse to admit the truth of a concept or proposition that is supported by the majority of scientific or historical evidence? Where?

[Klax (The only thing that matters is faith expressed in love.)]

@SkovandOfMitaze

The entire Torah speaks repeatedly of a coming seed and messiah. It starts in the very first chapters. The apostles argued Jesus through the Torah.

Where? Not in the Written Torah. You mean in its extension in the TaNaKh. Where is it in the first chapters of Genesis? Apart from the Christian interpolation of the Protevangelium. And what does that have to do with Jesus? Please join up the dots. Then every reasonable non-Messianic Jew will convert.